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AERIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aerides mean?
• AERIDES (noun)
The noun AERIDES has 1 sense:
1. any orchid of the genus Aerides
Familiarity information: AERIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any orchid of the genus Aerides
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("aerides" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("aerides" is a member of...):
genus Aerides (epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes)
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